New Go-based Secure Server Agent for Alpacon
Alpamon is a server agent for Alpacon. Each server should have Alpamon installed to be controlled via Alpacon.
This guide outlines the step-by-step process for installing Alpamon within a development environment. The installation requires an active Internet connection or the appropriate configuration of a proxy server.
To build Alpamon, ensure you have:
- Go version 1.22 or higher installed.
- Make sure
$GOPATHis set and$GOPATH/binis added to your system’sPATH.
- Make sure
Download the latest Alpamon-Go directly from our releases page or install it using package managers on Linux.
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/alpacanetworks/alpamon/script.deb.sh?any=true | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install alpamoncurl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/alpacanetworks/alpamon/script.rpm.sh?any=true | sudo bash
sudo yum install alpamonTo get started on macOS, clone the source code from the repository:
git clone https://github.com/alpacanetworks/alpamon-go.gitMake sure you have Go installed. Then, navigate to the project root and download the necessary Go packages:
go mod tidyAlpamon can be configured via the files listed below.
/etc/alpamon/alpamon.conf~/.alpamon.conf
It is recommended to use /etc/alpamon/alpamon.conf for deployment, but you can use ~/.alpamon.conf for development.
[server]
url = http://localhost:8000
id =
key =
[ssl]
verify = true
ca_cert =
[logging]
debug = trueserver: Server settingsurl: The URL for Alpaca Console. If you are in a local development environment, this will behttps://localhost:8000.id: Server IDkey: Server Keyca_cert: Path for the CA certificate
logging: Logging settingsdebug: Whether to print debug logs or not
To run Alpamon in a local development environment, navigate to the cmd/alpamon directory and run the application using Go:
cd /path/to/alpamon-go/cmd/alpamon
go run main.goEnsure that you are in the correct directory (/cmd/alpamon), as this is where the main.go file resides.
For Linux systems supporting systemd, you can run alpamon as a systemd service. In this case, you need to adapt alpamon/config/alpamon.service for your environment.
Specifically, ExecStart should be something like /usr/local/bin/alpamon.
Run the following commands to prepare system directories.
sudo cp alpamon/config/tmpfile.conf /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/alpamon.conf
sudo systemd-tmpfiles --createRun the following commands to install a systemd service.
sudo cp alpamon/config/alpamon.service /lib/systemd/system/alpamon.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start alpamon.service
sudo systemctl enable alpamon.service
systemctl status alpamon.serviceThe result would look like the following. The status must be loaded and active (running).
alpamon.service - alpamon agent for Alpacon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alpamon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-09-28 23:48:55 KST; 4 days ago